Film
National Theatre Live: Small Island
United Kingdom- Age rating
- 15
- Director
- Rufus Norris
- Year
- 2019
Embark on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England. The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots.
Top cast
Leah Harvey
Hortense Roberts
Aisling Loftus
Queenie Buxton
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
Gilbert Joseph
CJ Beckford
Michael Roberts
Paul Bentall
Jacqueline Boatswain
Phoebe Frances Brown
Chereen Buckley
Cavan Clarke
Shiloh Coke
Beatie Edney
Adam Ewan
David Fielder
Amy Forrest
John Hastings
Stephanie Jacob
Sandra James-Young
Natey Jones
Directed by
Rufus Norris
Written by
Helen Edmundson
